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“It’s extremely important to remind people that we, the workers – who are also renters or who also pay mortgages – are the ones with the power to halt production and bring the economy to a standstill.” Powerful words from Sandra Mora of Madrid Tenants’ Union. The #GeneralStrike in Spain yesterday started as a protest against the country's housing crisis, with 4 million people taking part.

Baroness Casey is absolutely right to say that we urgently need to get a grip on the failures of the care service. But she is wrong to focus on the triple lock as the source of funds to fix the system. Sign our petition to call on the government to end profiteering in care and fairly fund a publicly owned, universal care system with strong worker’s rights at its core: actionnetwork.org/petitions/… #StandUpForSocialCare

"Families are paying more and more whilst worrying about the wellbeing of their loved ones. And then you have the workers with no support and unable to deliver quality and reliable care and on terribly low wages. It's just plain wrong and I want to do something about it. My mum deserved better and so does everyone else. Will you stand with me?" ✊SIGN DAVID'S PETITION to call on Health and Social Care Select Committee Chair @LaylaMoran MP to fix social care across the UK✊ actionnetwork.org/petitions/…

Yesterday, we attended our Community, Youth Workers & Not-for-Profit sector conference to talk about building worker power in the housing sector. Housing associations like Sanctuary are attacking our members' pay and conditions while paying their CEO over £440k a year. There's lots more to come on this - stayed tuned...

🚨 The future of the Undercover Policing Inquiry is still at stake. Over 2,600 people wrote to the Home Office calling for the Inquiry to continue. Around 45 survivors have also met officials to make their voices heard. Now is the time to keep up the pressure. 📢 Contact your MP. Ask them to support EDM 811, demand answers from the Home Office and call for Ministers to meet survivors. 🕵️‍♂️Find your MP and take action: ucpi.uk/consultation/edm811.… 👀 Read our report: ucpi.uk/consultation/report The fight for truth, accountability and justice continues. #SpyCops #UndercoverPolicingInquiry

Join us in calling for a clear, national, worker-led approach to end abusive and disruptive passenger behaviour.✈️ The Minister @Mather_Keir must seriously look at extending provisions for airports, alongside airlines, to ban violent, abusive passengers - we need a joined-up approach. actionnetwork.org/letters/as…

NO BAN WITHOUT A PLAN. Thousands of oil and gas jobs are being lost while governments argue over what happens next. And with those jobs go valuable skills, experience and expertise that will be vital to building our future energy industries. As The Scotsman points out, we have the infrastructure and, crucially, the skilled people to become a renewables powerhouse. But we risk losing both if we don’t act. Unite has been clear: there can be no just transition if workers and their communities are simply left behind. We need a proper plan that protects jobs, invests in communities, retains vital skills and creates secure, well-paid work in the industries of the future. That means investment, training, new industrial opportunities and a real say for workers in shaping the transition. You cannot build a green future by throwing away the people and skills you need to deliver it. No ban without a plan. No just transition without workers. scotsman.com/news/opinion/co…

It's capitalism at its worst: buy a business, strip out what you can, take the money and leave the workers and communities to deal with the wreckage. Too often, capitalism rewards those who strip a business of its value, not those who build it, work in it or depend on it. news.sky.com/story/poundland…

Abuse and harassment is a regular part of airline and airport staff’s working experience. 72 per cent of ground staff 71 per cent of cabin crew receiving verbal abuse at least monthly 31 per cent of ground staff 42 per cent of cabin crew had been physically assaulted Unite is campaigning for more power to ban disruptive passengers and to introduce a sector wide minimum standards. #AbuseDoesntFly birminghammail.co.uk/news/mi…

If you’re at Unite sector conference in Brighton this week, make sure you come see us at Unite For A Workers’ Economy stall for a free copy of our Cable Street book. If you’re not at sector conferences you can get a copy from Rough Trade Books - link below: 👇 roughtradebooks.com/collecti…

Story here: Drunk builder who celebrated bringing Manchester Airport to a standstill at cost of £188,000 after being refused boarding for 'peeing himself' faces up to ten years in jail dailymail.com/news/article-1…

The Bank of England this week announced an interest rate increase that will heap more pressure on already struggling household budgets. Not only will the rate hike add hundreds to the cost of mortgage payments but will inevitably mean cost increases in the rental market too. But its worth remembering the last time the BoE steadily increased interest rates to 5.25% in 2024, it was boom time for the banks with record profits swelling the coffers. Would it be cynical to ask if the interest rate rise is linked to the temporary increase in the tax on bank profits from 3% to 6% or merely a coincidence? positivemoney.org/uk/press-r…

Unite has met again with @Mather_Keir, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport, and @Euan4Falkirk at Edinburgh airport today, to discuss our Abuse Doesn’t Fly campaign. The Minister heard powerful personal testimony from airport workers about the impact of verbal abuse, threats, intimidation and violence, recognising that this is a workplace safety issue – not simply part of the job. We discussed the next steps for the campaign, including opportunities presented by the Aviation Bill and the need for an industry-wide charter covering workers from kerbside to airside, backed by meaningful action from employers to protect aviation workers. Abuse must never be accepted as part of the job - we await a response from the minister in the near future and look forward to further productive dialogue.

The protests sweeping France are about more than the cost of living, education and public services. They are part of a wider movement against growing inequality, attacks on workers’ rights and a dangerous drift towards authoritarianism. From the streets of France to the US midterm elections, people are making their voices heard and pushing back against a politics that puts the powerful before ordinary working people. Governments at home and abroad need to learn the lesson. Ignore the anger of working people at your peril. Workers deserve better. theguardian.com/world/2026/n…

No Ban Without a Plan. And no energy transition without workers. @UniteSharon is calling for grid renationalisation and serious investment in jobs as part of the new Energy Independence Bill. Our electricity grid is too important to be run primarily for private profit. Bringing it back into public ownership would mean putting decisions about investment, infrastructure and our energy future in the hands of a system accountable to the public. It would give us the opportunity to plan for the long term, modernise the network, expand capacity and make sure the infrastructure is there to support a new generation of clean energy. But energy independence must also mean protecting skilled jobs, investing in new industries and giving workers and communities a future. We cannot simply turn off the taps on North Sea oil and gas and leave workers and communities to pick up the pieces. We need a properly funded, worker-led transition, with good, secure jobs on decent pay and conditions. No Ban Without a Plan. No workers left behind. unitetheunion.org/news-event…

Aviation workers deserve respect. Abuse Doesn’t Fly! ✈️ A big thank you to our colleagues at the ETF - European Transport Workers' Federation for standing with Unite and supporting our Abuse Doesn’t Fly campaign. Abuse, threats, intimidation and violence against aviation workers are not part of the job. Whether you’re working on the ground or in the air, everyone has the right to go to work safely and with dignity. Unite’s survey of almost 2,000 aviation workers exposed the shocking scale of the problem: 🔴 72% of ground staff experience verbal abuse at least monthly. 🔴 71% of cabin crew experience verbal abuse at least monthly. 🔴 31% of ground staff and 42% of cabin crew have experienced physical assault. This has to stop. We need an industry-wide charter to tackle abuse and protect workers from kerbside to airside. You can help us make that happen. Ask your MP to support the campaign by signing Early Day Motion 639, tabled by Peter Lamb MP.

Solidarity to our North Sea offshore members at Apache taking 24 hours of strike action today in response to a real terms pay cut, and detrimental 'claw back' policy. These are highly skilled technicians and radio operators, and Apache's operations will come to a standstill without them. Luckily for Apache, their parent company makes hundreds of millions in profit so they can easily afford to meet our members' demands promptly. Read more: unitetheunion.org/news-event…

The outcome of US elections affects us all one way or another. The decisive rejection of Trump's GOP will be celebrated around the world. It also shows that cost of living is the make-or-break issue for voters. Tough talk on immigration and culture war arguments on Twitter don't impress voters who struggle to fill their petrol tank up or buy groceries - even with the backing of billionaire oligarchs. Some of our UK politicians might want to reflect on that...

Unite is calling for: ✈️A clear, national, worker-led approach to abusive and disruptive behaviour ✈️Airports as well as airlines to be given the power to ban disruptive passengers ✈️Implementation of minimum standards across the industry Abuse Doesn't Fly deadlinenews.co.uk/2026/11/0…